Local Sports

January 18, 2014

By

Amy Geer

The Kane Wolves lost a nail-biter to Brookville on Wednesday as senior Jeff Kocjancic closed in on the 1,000 career point plateau. On Friday night, in front of a large crowd in the Wolvesâ€™ Den, the Wolves rallied to defeat the Brockway Rovers and Kocjancic scored 18 points to become only the seventh player in Kane boysâ€™ basketball history to top 1,000 points for a career.

January 17, 2014

By

Amy Geer

The Kane Wolves wrestling team were firing on all cylinders on Thursday night in the Wolvesâ€™ Den.
Kane coach Mike Swartwoodâ€™s Wolves avenged last yearâ€™s loss to Port Allegany with a dominating 61-10 win over the Gators.

January 16, 2014

January 14, 2014

By

Amy Geer

The young Lady Wolves played well at times in Monday nightâ€™s game against Bradford but a poor second quarter had Kane playing catch-up in a battle in the Wolvesâ€™ Den.
Bradford coach Bob Hannon started four seniors and a junior while Kane coach Dave Kiehl started two seniors, a junior and two freshmen.

January 14, 2014

By

Amy Geer

Members of Kane's 2013 District 9 Girls' Golf Championship team are pictured along with the banner announcing their accomplishment. Pictured from left to right are Erin Paulson, Megan Durante, Ellie Tunall, Sarah Szymanski and coach Nathan Smith.

January 13, 2014

By

Becky Polaski

The Kane Wolves cheerleading squad competed Saturday in DuBois in the District 9 competitive cheering championships. Results are as followed: Tied for first - St. Marys Area and Keystone, third - Elk County Catholic, fourth - Redbank Valley, fifth - Karns City, sixth - Curwensville, seventh - DuBois Area, eighth - Punxsutawney, ninth - A-C Valley. Other schools that competed but did not place in the top nine were Bradford, Cranberry, and Kane.

January 13, 2014

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Amy Geer

Evan DeLong, pictured here during last year's PIAA State Tournament, is the No. 1 Class AA wrestler in Pennsylvania at 170 pounds, according to Off the Mat Rankings. DeLong finished second at last year's state tournament and is undefeated this season for the Wolves. Kane will travel to Coudersport on Tuesday to take on the Falcons, who also have a top-ranked wrestler in Kyle Bova at 160 pounds.

January 11, 2014

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Amy Geer

The Kane Lady Wolves used a hustling pressure defense to propel them to a 49-13 win over the visiting Ridgway Lady Elkers on Friday night. After a sluggish first quarter, the Lady Wolves outscored Ridgway 17-2 in the second quarter to break the game open.

January 11, 2014

By

Greg Reedy

RIDGWAY â€“ Ridgway boys basketball used a late run in the second half to overtake Kane 44-29 in action Friday night at Ridgway Area High School.
The Wolves would not go away for the first three quarters, trailing just 28-21 starting the fourth quarter.

January 10, 2014

By

Amy Geer

Kane wrestling fans enjoyed a long night on Thursday in the Wolvesâ€™ Den. Eleven varsity matches followed 10 middle school matches, along with eight middle school exhibition matches. The varsity Wolves trailed 18-9 at one point in the match with Clarion, but the home team took seven of the final nine matches to pull away with the 46-30 win.